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red-tailed hawk - intermediate morph adult
west of kalispell, MT
I have always been fascinated by the morph variations of RTHs, and this year have been treated to light, intermediate and dark morphs frequenting our area.
window glass slumped over fiber frax to create relief and pocket vases.
unfortunately i didn't notice that i flipped the top piece of float glass upside-down and ended up with a dull finish there...and the fiber paper left shiny marks on it. ugh.
Intermediate fiddle class led by Christina Smith. They learned this tune by Rufus Guinchard just this week, in 5 half-hour sessions. The seated fiddler is playing in Rufus's traditional position: she managed all right, but it wasn't easy!
The Intermediate Egret, Median Egret, or Yellow-billed Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeder from east Africa across tropical southern Asia to Australia. It often nests in colonies with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs. Two to five eggs are laid, the clutch size varying with region. This species, as its scientific name implies, is intermediate in size between the Great Egret and smaller white egrets like the Little Egret and Cattle Egret, though nearer to Little than Great. It is about 90 cm tall with all-white plumage, generally dark legs and a thickish yellow bill. Breeding birds may have a reddish or black bill, greenish yellow gape skin, loose filamentous plumes on their breast and back, and dull yellow or pink on their upper legs (regional variations). The sexes are similar.
Some taxonomists put this species in the genus Egretta or Ardea.
The Intermediate Egret stalks its prey methodically in shallow coastal or fresh water, including flooded fields. It eats fish, frogs, crustaceans and insects.
~Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary~
All photographs taken with a Canon 400D with a Sigma 70-300 lens from a boat.
Minor editing on the iPad and uploaded via Flickstackr for the iPad and iPhone.